Haggle in the Bazaars
Get lost in the warren of alleyways that make up Iran's bazaars and stop to examine the wares.  Enjoy a cup of tea while bargaining over your next purchase.

Dream in a garden
One of the most beautiful gardens in the entire Middle East, Kashan's Fin Gardens are the classical Persian vision of paradise. Eram Gardens in Shiraz house the tomb of the poet Hafez.

Explore a village
Find your way to one of the traditional villages and pass the time taking tea or wandering around the alleyways.  Masuleh is one of Iran's most beautiful villages while ancient and once-isolated Abyaneh is a pretty village hidden away in the Karkas Mountains.

Sleep in a carvanserai
A night's stay at the classic caravanserai of Zein-o-din is a wonderful chance to step into the days of Silk Road merchants and relive the age when this area hummed with travellers.

Experience history
Whether you wander around the palaces of Cyrus the Great, the ruins of Persepolis, the mosques of Esfahan or the Assassin Castles, you can't help but feel small in the face of history.

Call to Prayer
A muezzin calling the faithful to prayer from the top of a minaret has a timeless, evocative quality to it that will stir your senses.

A cuppa and a hookah
Enter a traditional tea house or a hipster terrace and enjoy a good cup of tea, a hookah with flavoured tobacco along with great conversation.

Eat a meal at home
Known for their hospitality you may well find yourself invited to a local home to experience some delicious Iranian cooking.

Stay at a local home
Visit one of the many villages and discover a way of life unchanged for centuries.  Share a meal, enjoy stories or a song or two and perhaps even learn to dance or how to make bread.

Climb a Tower of Silence
Towers of Silence are Zoroastrian structures where the dead are laid out to be picked clean by scavenger birds.

Visit a fire temple
Perched on a cliff high above the desert floor, Chak Chak's fire temple has great significance for Zoroastrian pilgrims.

Get blown away by wind towers
Yazd is famous for its wind towers, ingenious structures that catch the slightest breeze and bring moist cool air into the home.

Food, glorious food
Eat pomegranates fresh off the tree or eat it as part of a stew called fesenjan.  Bademjan is a delightful eggplant & tomato stew while tahdig, the crisp, golden layer of fried rice at the bottom of the rice pot, is the soul food of Persian cooking.  Kebabs come in many varieties.  Favourite foods are sour and spiced with lots of herbs.

Hike with the Assassins
Climb to the Castles of the Assassins, once the home to the world’s most feared religious cult, for some amazing views.